Catherine Beecher was born on September 6, 1800 in the small town of East Hampton, Long Island to the eminent pastor Lyman Beecher. As the eldest of thirteen children, Catherine was commanded to care for the younger children and perform daily household chores. Her intellectual and practical mother educated her in reading, writing, spelling and furnished her with the accomplishments of the time such as painting and music. These tiresome years of labor and learning taught her "to perform whatever I attempted; at least with moderate excellence," (Beecher 14) a lesson that would assist her in achieving her future accomplishments.

Beecher's relatively carefree life came to a halt when her mother died when she was only sixteen. A few short years later, Catherine realized she needed to support herself by doing the only vocation open to her at that time, teach

Within a few years Catherine Beecher's fruitful efforts were gradually being consummated. The number of female teachers tripled to make up 80% of the elementary school teaching force between 1840 and 1880. Also between these decades, women were routinely trained as teacher in colleges, in special secondary schools and classes, and actively recruited for jobs in urban grade schools. "The 'custom' and 'prejudice' which had once prevented woman from entering the profession, now held her to be more suited than man to the 'sacred office.'" (Hoffman 4).

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